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Stacey, thanks for the nice note.

"We hope to leave in July if the boat is ready!"
I know you''ve tackled a huge refurbishing project...but I can assure you the boat will not really be ready by July (no boat ever is...) so the real challenge is to get the pieces ready that really need to be, and then plan on doing what the rest of do.<g> It isn''t by accident that cruising ends up being ''working on boats in exotic ports''.

Good luck on the final prep: boat, family, house and logistics! (And those absentee ballots...)

Jack